The village of Kamikatsu 上勝町

Kamikatsu or the end of waste

 

Kamikatsu is a village located in Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. It has been at the forefront of waste recycling since 2003, with 80% recycling of the waste produced. A look back at a town that aims to achieve 100% recycling by the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

 

 

A particularly rigorous program

In 2003, the municipality of Kamikatsu, a small town of 1,700 inhabitants, set up a recycling program. In total, there are 45 different categories of waste that must be separated , categories whose precision is very far from our little sorting. Thus, a plastic bottle should not be thrown directly into its reserved bin, it must first be removed from its label and be rid of its cap, each taking place in a different compartment. Cardboard, paper, flyers or magazines do not belong to the same group and must each be placed in a specific bin. A real gymnastics to acquire!

To see : Waste sorting in Japan

 

Mairie de Kamikatsu

Kamikatsu City Hall

Wikipedia

 

Pro-active citizens

This program, beyond the number of waste categories it involves, also requires the active participation of the city's citizens. Indeed, it is the inhabitants who clean the waste that may have come into contact with food, rinse the used bottles and ensure the cleanliness of the waste in general . Moreover, after sorting, they transport the bins themselves to the recycling center, open 7 days a week and where a single employee is in charge of supervising activities. Note that besides, food waste is also composted.

Read also : Tokyo 2020: medals made from recycled metals

 

Au Japon, les canettes et bouteilles sont recyclées.

In Japan, cans and bottles are recycled.

Timothy Takemoto

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